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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1955)
TACTE SIX TTuvKX JENKINS Editor ' BILL JENKINS ' ManatiDff. Editor Park Plans , nv BILL JENKINS : Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay has announced mat ne win ask the next Congress to authorize "vast expansion and Improve ment of tourist facilities in me na tional park system." He says that such a program has been long over due, but that the delay can be ex plained by a lack of funds. War and depression robbed the parks of their rightful share of the tax inonles which will support such a development. i As far as I'm concerned I'll go along with the Idea if it is done in a logical manner and If we can also count on some of the funds being made accessible to the na tional forest lands as well. The modern trend has been for more and more outdoor travel. But the percentage ol those wno want to "rough it" Isn't going up per ceptlbly. In other words, people want to get out of the city's clamor and breathe again the free and pure air of the forests, but they want to do it with all the com forts of their city apartment right at hand. Roughing It, in the mod em day sense, means loading up the family sedan and touring from one part of the country to another with stops in the woods at nation al parks, state Installations and other spots where the average camper can find cooking and bath ing facilities and won't have to batter up the family automobile by taking It off an oiled road. . So, as far as I'm concerned, go ahead and develop the national parks for the general touring pub lic but spend a proportion ate amount of road and Improve ment funds In the national forests for access roads not paved high ways that will aid both fire fighting, timber access and access to the wilder portions of our tim ber lands by Uiose who want to get a little further back of beyond than the soda fountain at the park con cession. In this country today there are 28 national parks of which one, Crater Lake, is in Oregon. On top of that we also have In the country five national historical parks, 11 'national military parks, six battle field sites, two battlefield parks, one national memorial park, 11 national cemeteries, four national parkways and 85 national monu ments, of which one, Oregon Caves, is In Oregon. And another, the Lava Beds, is in California, just below us. All these come under the national narks svstem. On ton ot that there are '24 national his toric sites and memorials and the national capital parks In Washing ton, D.C., Virginia and Maryland, i Quite a lot of area to cover when you consider that many of them run to big acreages. Like Glacier Bay national monument In Alaska Which contains some 3,997,734 acres. Oregon's national monument at Oregon Caves contains 480 acres. Just here In Oregon, for com parative purposes, we have a total of 14,816,899 acres of national for est as compared to only 160,390 acres In our only national park. If we are going to do road work in the national parks It would seem logical that we should also pursue the forest access road system in the national forests with at least as much vigor as we have In the' past If not with added energy and funds. If Mr. McKay Is In the market for any suggestions as to how he could raise a few dollars for nec essary and desired national park road and facility development I might be able to oiler a sugges tion. One that wouldn't cost the taxpayer a dime, either. There are at present large areas of timber In our national parks that could be harvested, under careful supervision, without doing any hurt to the area as a scenic and rec. reatlonal development. If you doubt this just do a little asking around of the average man from out of this area who has drlv en the Oreensprings as to whether or not he doesn't thuik that Is a rrUy pretty drive through the tlmberlaods of the West. I'll bet a atraw katy that most of 'em won't even know that most of the areas along the road have been logged pit ana in the not-too-dlstsnt past, too. Tills timber could, I believe, be harvested In such a maimer as to actually Improve the areas rather than hurting them. And there are always certain areas where mber Is over-ripe, where there Is a threat of bugs or where other blights have atruck or are a threat Many big outfits, PO&E for ex ample in uieir ratner extensive forest holdings, are practicing what they call a "recreational cut" on the land which removes the timber In selected areas on a care. fully supervl.ed cut yet lraves the same area In better shape for camping, fishing and other outdoor activities than It was before their timber crews moved in. il mention POA'E In this case simply be cause It was Jock Cameron, one of their chief foresters, who ex plained the process to me last sum ner. There are many, many other companies doing the same thing. I Sale ot such timber would, I think, pay for quite a few miles of rosds and-or put up quite a hand ful of Improvements. I'd a lot rath er $ee It done that way than paid for In extra, taxes or by waiting for the CCC to come along again. Ad-vance Ideas By DEB ADDISON the Oregon Ad Club "Ad-vance": Despite the fact that competi tion calls for all-out selling, ad vertisers and media generally agree that abuses by unscrupulous Entered M second clese nutter at U post office at Klamath FaUs Ore., on August 30, IMS, under act of Congress, March , 1879 SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS Serrinf Southern Oregon And Northern California Advertisers create ill-will which re flects on all business. Business codec, of ethics are more and more being adopted and observed. "Bait" advertising Is be coming extremely unpopular, and a number of states nave legislated against It. Research more and better Is being requited. In Its 10th annual consumer sur vey conducted early In 1955 in io cities me iiiuiuis uaiiy news paper Markets group included two questions on media preference. The first question: "What xorm of advertising do you find most helpful In buying food products?" 'ine answer oy tiu.i percent ot the housewives: Newspapers. Next high was television, which was giv en the nod by 10.3 percent. The second question: "What form of advertising do you find most helpful in buying general merchandise?" The answer by 30.3 percent: Newspapers. Next high again was television with 9.3 percent. Low, in answer to both ques tions, were coupons and direct mail, neither of wnlch was named firs', by as many as one percent of the housewives. Statement of advertising policy by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States: "Advertising Is an integral part or - modern business operations. It is an effective and economical means of mass communication available to industry, business and the public. It plays an essential part in selling, and in educating the American people about the val ues of goods and services, and about actions for the public good. "Advertising's function In our economy is to help create and dls- incuts ine setter values which are offered in competition for the buy er's selection. "Advertising should continue to be employed as ah instrument of service to all people to inorease public understanding and coopera tion In social, civic and economic affairs. Advertising must continue to seek constant improvements In its techniques, be honest, and alert to Its' responsibilities for still greater contributions to the national wel fare. 'Advertising should continue to develop a better understanding of Its functions by government, by Business, by educators and by the public. "There should be no government al prohibition of advertising of products or services for purposes ior wnicn tney may be lawtuity used; and tnare should be no dls. crimination between different types oi media in any set or rules or reg ulations governing advertising." I S AF Problems By MAX WAUCHOPE The finding of adeauate housing for Incoming man led U.S. Air Force personnel to man the Klam ath Palls jet Interceptor base should Interest every citizen of the area. The reasons behind this rather sweeping statement are both eco nomic and military. Economic In that the payroll of the air base will add about 3'i million dollars an nually to the Basin's payroll. This certainly affects the pocketbooks ot almost everyone in tne Basin. Militarily we should be interested because the well-being of the men manning the base influences the way tney carry out their mission. Let's take the hypothetical case of an airman first class isame rnnk as World War n veterans will remember as "buck" ser geant) who comes to Klamath Falls with his wile snd two small children. This married airman first class receives $77 rental allowance on top of his regular pay. It's obvious that he cannot pav over this amount ror housing. He d probably ukp to pay a utile less. Our airman arrives in town and puts his family up at a hotel while he searches for adequate housing which will be wiihln h's means. Aftev several days of fruitless house-hunting he gives up and sends his family bark to their home town leaving him disappoint ed and pretty bitter at the town and the U.S. Air Force. Maybe this doesn't sound too Important right now. However, this airman happens to be a highly skilled radar technician whose Job It is to maintain the complex ra dar scopes in the jet interceptors stationed here. When ho should be paying attention to his joo he's worrying about his wife and chil dren. Consequently, he botches the repair job on the jet and the plane If. either out ot commission or un able to complete its mission when called out by an alert. We could go even further and say that this particular let that lie's worked on is arrambled on an alert called to identify an unknown aircraft. The radar, which Is the key to all-weather Jet Interception, malfunctions and the unldentllled aircraft evaded the jet This unidentified, unchecked, air craft is the one in a million which la carrying that devastating hydro gen bomb and Is he.idtd for the Hanford Atomic Works or the San Francisco bay area where It spreads untold d;tmage and trig gera World War 111. This is undoubtedly an extreme illustration but it ts offered as a picture of the atake each resident of the Basin has in the housing problems of the USAF personnel. Currently Ed Bell and Don Sloan, local businessmen, and members of the housing division ot the Mil itary Aftaira Committee, are hard at work on the manv aides to the housing problem. Thy may call on you to aid them don't turn them down. Air Force neraonrel In Klamath Falls are running Into the same difficulty they have faced else where In the U.S. civilians eith er call them members of the "Air Corps," the "Army." or the "Army Air Force." None of these is correct they are members ol the United States Air Force. The old Army Air Corps was the air arm of the U.S. Aimy. It was changed to the U.S. Army Air Force early in World War II. In 1948 the U.S. Air foice was es tablished by an act of congress as a separate branch of the Depart ment of Defence with General Carl Spaatz as its first chief of stafl. The USAP today is autonomous and separate from the other main branches of the Defense Depart ment the U.S. Navy snd U.S. Army. The present chief of staff of the USAF is General Nathan F. Twining of Portland. Oregon. Calling an airman by anything but his proper title is like calling a U.S. Marine a soldier, cr vice versa. , Tiinber-r-r-r By KEN MCLEOD No greater clarion call has ever been sounded In the vast virgin wilderness and the emphasis of exultation has always been In pro portion to the size of the mighty monarch of the forest that falls with a tremendous crash shatter ing the stillness of the wlldwood. It is a call that like the virgin forest Is vanishing before a mech anized civilization to which the falling of trees becomes no whit more glamorous than the falling of grain before the cutting bar of a farmer's mowing machine. I have been fallowing with great Interest the news reports oi the current congressional Investigation of the forest practices ot the de partments of the federal govern ment. The point I watch for yet never see mentioned Is the prob lem of "idle" forest lands. I rea lize that there Is a lot of talk about "idle forests" since the forces of exploitation consider any stand of virgin timber "idle." The point of distinction however Is in the use of the word "land" and It Is one of the greatest problems of concern of our nation today though few people care to talk about it. I think some consideration should have been given In these congres sional committee hearings to this vital problem as everyone inter ested in forests and conservation especially at this period of our development when there is so much agitation In the air for the liquida tion of all the remaining stands of virgin timber in the holy name of Industrial progress. The arguments of exploitation are usually strong and plausible; maintain the economic stability of communities; a tree that reaches maturity and dies a natural death returning to the dust from which It sprung is now a crime; the process designed by nature does not enrich some Individual. The arguments and points become stronger as the virgin stands of timber dwindle. This perhaps Is the natural price we must pay for industrialization, today we are too close to the problem to assess the facts properly and It will remain the task of the historians of the future to look back and trace the course of our destiny. Still we can consider the other angle of the problem and turn our attention from the growing forest to the problem of forest land that now lies denuded because of the lack of foresight and appreciation of the Importance of proper forest practices. Strange as it may seem, there Is no great active movement to get our denuded lnnds back Into production so that they can help lighten the burden of our re maining over-pressed timber lands. The present day "Tree Form" movement Is the first step along this trail and should have greater public support than it is now get. ting. The tree farm movement has made some spectacular gains In the past few years but the task be fore us Is tremendous. When we look at our forest slluo llon we see a strange situation. In our 460 million acres of com mercial forest lands, the great area of our American Tree Farm if we are to consider timber a "crop." Seventy-five million acres are "Idle" and producing nothing m the way of timber growth. On the other hand wo sec an even smaller area, something in extent ot some 65 million acres In national forests having today around one third of our remaining timber supply and the pressure is on to greatly ex pand the removal of this timber. Such a picture should cause every citizen to pause and think whether he Is conservotion minded or not, In the field of agriculture, farm ers would consider one a pretty poor farmer It he left better than one (Kill ol his good farming land grow up in weeds. Essentially that Is the analogy our nation faces tnriftv. we are brutnnina to dlscov- ' er we can farm timber to produce I future crops. We are starting to i put good farming practices Into operation upon the timber stands that still remain, however, we sllll fall to plan tor that bark 40 that contain some of our finest potential forest land but which to day lies Idle, a potential tree farm 30 per cent larger than the state of Oregon. Kaliiig.runlrol By EDWIN P. JORDAN. M D. Since we are observing Diabetes Week this year It la appropriate to answer several questions on this disease. 4 My husband has been a di abetic for the past four years. He his always been a big eater but the last couple of years food has become an obsession with him. He knows it Is bad for htm but says he can't help himself. He eats a large dinner and then makes him self a sandwich or a ceieal bowl HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER ' 1 MONTH -. MONTHS 1 YEAR -. ' . MAIL 1 MONTH MONTHS -1 YEAR $ I . SO . .oo $18.00 t 1 w I 1.(0 $13.00 with milk. When he gets up at night he also eats. Don't say get a diet as we both know the diet. But It Is worth nothing when It Is un done during the night. Mrs. R. A It Is not uncommon for s person with diabetes to have an excessively large appetite. If what you say is correct about your hus band, however, he is running grave risks of developing dangerous com plications or even eating himself into an early grave. He must curD his appetite and control the dia betes. He should be under the care of a physician, should follow the diet outlined, take insulin if need ed, and should learn to test his own urine for sugar. The conse quences of carelessness may. be extremely serious. Q What are the symptoms of diabetes? J. C. A They vary from person to person and may be so slight that nothing unusual is noted. Some times excessive thirst and appetite and sometimes loss of weight are the most prominent symptoms but they cannot be relied on as the basis on which to make a diag nosis. Q I would like to know If dia betes In children is serious. People keep telling me that children usual ly outgrow it. When I asked our doctor about it she replied that u' betes Is always serious, , A It is not safe to assume that a child will outgrow diabetes when he gets older though In some youngsters the disease does be come easier to manage as tine goes oil. A child with diabetes should receive the same careful medical care as would be received by a grownup. Q Please comment on limnet ic stroke and what the doctors call a spillover. Mrs. ". F. A The first of these questions presumably refers to a type if un consciousness coming from the ac cumulation of acid products in the system. "Spillover" refers to the fact that sugar in the blood "spills over"- through the kidneys into the urine. . Q My daughter is expecting in a month or so. She has severe dia betes and the doctor has placed her In the hospital' and says, the baby Is getting too large. Are there any chances that the baby will have diabetes? Mrs. K. A With good modern manage ment the risks for a mother with diabetes are much less than they used to be; the chances, of a healthy baby are also better. There is some chance that the baby will have diabetes but there Is a better one that It will not. IKuNiness liooiiis By BRUCE BIOSSAT America's boom goes on, and so does the talk from both the experts and the amateurs as to where It Is leading us. One expert recently heard from who offered the country some emi nently, sound counsel was Henry C. Alexander, chairman of the board of J. P. Morgan and Co., famed baking house. Alexander spoke hopefully but hard hcadedly about the bright economic future in store for Amer icans IF they follow a careful course and avoid major mistakes. Said Alexander In a New York speech: "The best way to preserve confi dence Is to prevent It from turning into overconfldence. Confidence Is based on the belief we can make things go right; overconfldence de ludes Itself Into believing that noth ing can possibly go wrong." He feels we have real ground for confidence because the country both produces and consumes dy namically. The economy Is con stantly fueled by demand growing out of "our people's Insatiable ap petite for better living and tech nology s Inexhaustible capacity to provide It. But he thinks It comes danger ously close to overconfldence to dwell so heavily as some do on our increase in population as an al most automatic stabilizer In the years ahead. It takes money and machines as well as men to pro duce growth. Nor must we confuse Inflation with growth, In Alexander's view. It is risky to try to force growth along by satisfying some special group or applying a dose of Infla tion here and there. "Such doses, for Instance, as In creased government spending, or tax cuts without a balanced budg et, or wage increases without in creased productivity, or prolonged and expanded government subsi dies." On the other hand. Alexander would not administer the "shock treatment" to the credit system In any effort to check Inflation. "You may make credit dear, but never make It unavailable." he said. "There Is a difference be tween tight monev and no money And for the moment money is dear enough and tight enough." The banker thinks concern rath er than alarm Is the proper at titude right now toward the rising level of private debt. He believes it Is bound to go still higher as the economy expands further. "We must watch carefully the rate at which debt grows, especi ally from here on. That rate must not outrun Increases In productiv ity and Income. Increased borrow Ing must be matched by Increased obillty to repay. Otherwise we aren't expanding the economy, we re merely pulling it up." One can do no better than to pass these words on. They repre sent fundamental good sense. They reflect a spirit ol calm modera tion and ought to be read as an antidote either to overoptimlsm or gloom and panic. Let's hope the men In Washington can view the problem as sanely. Thanksgiving Plans Told A special Thanksgiving service is announced by First Church of Christ, Scientist, for 11 o'clock, on Thanksgiving Day. The service will be held in the cnurcn eoiuce at Tenth and Washington. Open to the public, tne service will Include voluntary testimonies of gratitude by Christian Scientists for God's goodness as shown in spiritual growth, physical healings, and other blessings. A special lesson sermon lor the day entitled "Thanksgiving," will be read in an christian science churches. Consisting of selections from the Bible and from the Christian Science textbook, 'Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, the lesson-sermon will em phasize the Importance of express ing gratitude to cod in deeds as well as In speech. The service is open to the gen eral public and local church mem bers have Invited everyone to at tend. Grange Holds Booster Night TULELAKE Tulelake grang ers observed Booster Night on No vember 10 with the visit of Vayne Ralston, deputy - master of the Siskiyou County Grange and Mrs. Carl Yancey, Klamath County Grrfnge deputy, as guests. The history of the grange since its organization In 1867 including growth to the present day 7,200 granges was given by Mrs. Leon ard Meshke, Tulelake lecturer. Benefits of the grange Including borne economics work, insurance, legislation ' benefits and work with youth and junior grangers was ilso given. i Tlie Tulelake grange was organ ized In April 1933 with the late Walter Turnbaugh as the first mas ter. Six past masters still live in the Tulelake community including W. H. Weitkamp. L. C. Kirby. El mer and Albert Scott, H. T. Street and Mrs. Leonard Meshke. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Scott and Mr. ana Mrs. Lillian Turnbaugh have been members for 25 years. H. T. Street reported on atten dance at a booster night meeting of the Rupert, Idaho grange. Leon street and Elmer Scott told of at tending a similar meeting at Ma lta. ... Cards and refreshments followed the meeting. The next regular meeting will be December 1 for Joint Installation of new officers of the Tulelake and Dorrls granges. Airbase Hangar Bids Opened The J. Q. Watts Company, Port land, was the apparent low bidder for the Job of lehabilitatlng the twin arch concrete hangar at the Klamath Falls airport. Watt's bid was for $204,776. . The b!ds were opened Friday fternoon in the Public Works Of ice. U.S. Naval Station, Seattle, ccording to word from Lt. D. M. F e 1 n m a n, resident officer-ln- charge of the construction at the air base. DIET CHANGE TAIPEI, Formosa Ifl Nation- list China's legislative yuan (par liament) Saturday called for a bet ter diet for Nationalist armed forces. The yuan suggested Na tionalist troops, both on Formosa and the offshore islands, be fed more meat and ilsh. BY BUD BUESING Christmas Is approaching. In another few weeks St. Nick will be making his annual one-night pilgrimage around the world. And in that sack slung over his shoulder he'll be carrying over ten million dollars worth of pho tographic Christ- v mas gifts, rang- i ing all the way from simple box cameras to mo tion picture out fits that cost well into the tour figure bracket! Our camera store is a good place for Christ mas shopping. There's some thing for everyone simple box cameras for the beginner, more advanced outfits for those ex perienced In the art. There are darkroom seta for the "do-It-vourself" fan. and beautiful al bums In which grandmother can mount those photos of bygone yeara. There are color slide shows for Junior and Sis. and even an exposure meter for the Boss. That married son or daugh ter expecting a blessed event will want a camera to recoro the early days of the new arrival . . and any teen-agers In the family will appreciate the chance to make a photographic record ot those happy high school yeara that will soon be come a fading memory. Grand father will like some color stereo shots ot those faraway places he always wanted to see. A hand-held stereo viewer will let him enoy them In full color, three dimensional beauty. Yes, there's something for everyone In our camera atore. Next week we'll make some spe cific suggestions for gifts. Mean' while, come in and Christmas shop with us. "To remember the past to the future, give a photographic gift." Bl D CHARLOTTE'S NKWS PHOTO SERVICE I0M Main 81. Thona Wli m Wilson Sets WASHINGTON A sew milt tary policy alms at weeding out security risks before they are drafted into the Army, thus sparing them the stigma of a less than honorable discharge. The new directive from Secre tary of Defense Wilson came yes terday In the midst of a shaiply critical Senate investigation of the Army security program for uni formed personnel. '. Sen. Hennings (D-Mo) said the inquiry by his Senate subcommit tee on constitutional rights "prob ably had something to do" . with the new procedure. Though Hennings said the direc tive might not go quite far enough, be hailed It as a move to "restore constitutional rights to large num bers who under present regulations would receive security risk dis charges." Wilson has been Invited to tes tify before the subcommittee Monday. The new directive orders the armed services to make security investigations of draftees before their induction, Instead of after ward as at present. It directs that a man shall be taken Into service unless this would be clearly incon sistent with national security. Such a draftee would have the right to an honorable discharge If his conduct in two years of active outy merits one. Anyone rejected on the basis of a pre-mduction investigation would us Hennings phrased it. "be re leased to civilian life without any mark or stigma indicating the Dasis on winch ne was round un- INMATES ESCAPE HONOLULU liB Two inmates escaped In style yesterday from Oahu prison. They scaled a wall and drove off In warden Joe Har per's sedan. Charles Fay's DINNER ft DANCING ft COFFEE SHOP Open Every Night Located on Calif.-Ore. harder - Highway 97 ' Phone Exeter 7-4772 Dorris, California The firms listed in this directory recognize that even along with observance f the Sabbath there is community need for the commercial services they ffer. - ' V. JaT IT 1800 So. 6th St. OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. SUBURBAN DRUG THRIFTY VARIETY ROBERTS HDWE. Givaa S1H tmi Stamps Pkeae 1441 ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE TODAY SAFEWAY TWO LOCATIONS 8th & Pine Store S. 6th St. Store 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. THE LOWEST PRICES EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK New Policy For Military suitable." - The old rule requited that serv icemen Judged security risks be given a "general discharge under bonorable conditions" or some other less than honorable dis charge at the end of Uieir service. "The Detente Department,'' Hennings said, "never explained by what authority they inducted a man and then blackened his repu tation for activities and associa tions prior to service."- The new directive does provide that where derogatory Information is developed after induction con cerning a man's prior activities snd associations, he still may be given controlled military duties and receive a security risk dis charge. Hennings said "this seems to me to be a violation ot his con stitutional rights tor it destroys his reputation and interferes with his livelihood without due process of law." 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